Thanks for all the support (email and Twitter). I'm overwhelmed by the responses and won't be replying to most emails in person (except from core devs) but it's much appreciated. I'm still going to be around in the background!

The biggest enemy of agility (at the code level) is unnecessary complexity. Code must do exactly what’s necessary, and not one iota more. Even extra arguments that make a method “more flexible” are a bad idea. Don’t write code for future scenarios that may never occur. Refactor. x.com/davecheney/sta…

“clever boy” economist.com/science-and-te…

If your technology is better but potential customers are too set in their ways to switch, use it yourself and compete with them.

Go install `bat` right now. $ brew install bat It is like `cat`, but with wings. github.com/sharkdp/bat

All program tuning is either making a slow thing fast, or doing a slow thing fewer times. Ask: Do we have to do this at all? The fastest code is the code that's never run. If yes, is this the best algorithm. If yes, is this the best implementation of this algorithm.

I get that I sound like a broken record on a reasonable work week, not discriminating against parents, getting enough sleep, and focusing on making the hours count rather than just spending more of them. You know what? That's okay with me. Progress is a long arc.

Remember, a few hours of trial and error can save you several minutes of looking at the README.

Charleston-grown health and blockchain startup PokitDok acquired postandcourier.com/business/charl… via The Post and Courier

My number one predictor of whether or not a company will find product-market fit: High shipping cadence.

I’m always amazed by the disconnect between what we see in the news and the reality of the world around us. As my late friend Hans Rosling would say, we must fight the fear instinct that distorts our perspective: b-gat.es/2WvUqqp

It's bittersweet: I'm leaving Dropbox, and am now retired. I've learned a lot during my time as an engineer here -- e.g. type annotations came from this experience -- and I'll miss working here. blog.dropbox.com/topics/company…

I think we should set up a rule of having people read github.com/EnterpriseQual… before they start any new code implementation.

Having Kids: paulgraham.com/kids.html

David Perell Jason Fried Maybe you'll find this useful too. Sadly I can't source as I can't remember where I got it from.

TIL: When in a video conference, take off your airpods before taking a bathroom break.

Equations that changed the world. 🧠

Pyramid 2.0 released. groups.google.com/g/pylons-discu… What's New docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyram… Docs docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyram… Changes docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyram… PyPI pypi.org/project/pyrami… Issues github.com/Pylons/pyramid…

Chris McDonough I feel the same. Just ask Python: >>> "I prefer single quotes" 'I prefer single quotes' Fortunately there's blue: pypi.org/project/blue/ Also, there is `black -S`